East Wheal Rose railway station
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Location | Cornwall England | ||||
Coordinates | 50°21′44.19″N 5°2′27.65″W / 50.3622750°N 5.0410139°W | ||||
Elevation | 43 metres (141 ft) | ||||
Platforms | Single platform station | ||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||
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East Wheal Rose railway station is a station on the Lappa Valley Steam Railway in Cornwall, England.[1]
History
[edit]In 1849 Joseph Treffry opened a tramway from the East Wheal Rose mine to Newquay. The loading sidings were the first East Wheal Rose station.
It became a railway in 1874 when the tramway was taken over by the Cornwall Minerals Railway and steam locomotives replaced the horse-drawn wagons. The Great Western Railway took over the line in 1896 and expanded it as a branch line in 1905 from Newquay to Chacewater servicing the resorts of Perranporth and St Agnes and ran it until nationalisation in 1948.
British Railways ran the line until 4 February 1963 when the last train ran before the Beeching axe fell.
Ten years later, in 1973, Eric Booth bought a section of the old railway line and laid a narrow gauge railway along a section of it. He built it up into a popular tourist attraction with a play area for children at the East Wheal Rose site. East Wheal Rose Station came into being in 1974. It has been upgraded on a couple of occasions during its history with a new station building and new paving being laid. In 2014, Lappa Valley was sold to Keith and Sara Southwell.[2]
Gallery
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East Wheal Rose station
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'Muffin' at East Wheal Rose railway station
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'Muffin' at East Wheal Rose railway station
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Passengers await an arrival at East Wheal Rose railway station
References
[edit]- ^ Creative, Venn. "Visit Us". Lappa Valley. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Creative, Venn. "Heritage". Lappa Valley. Retrieved 30 September 2020.